Someone should have told Willian Souza Guadalupe that his fight was scheduled at bantamweight, not featherweight.
The featured bout of the evening will still remain as a middleweight clash between Osman Diaz (7-1) and Joseph Pyfer (8-2). Weighing 186 pounds, Diaz comes into this main event pairing on a five-fight finish streak mostly under the Bellator MMA and Legacy Fighting Alliance banners, needing no more than 6:54 of a fight to record a stoppage in this run. His opponent Pyfer will be hoping to for his second chance to make a first impression, as he appeared on the 2020 season of DWCS and injured his elbow against Dustin Stoltzfus. Since then, “Bodybagz” and his 87% finish rate – lower than Diaz’ at a perfect 100% – rebounded from that setback by flattening Austin Trotman at a 2021 Cage Fury Fighting Championships show. Pyfer hit the scales at an even 185 pounds on his end.
DWCS 2022, Week 1 Weigh-in Results:
Osman Diaz (186) vs. Joseph Pyfer (185)Farid Basharat (136) vs. Willian Souza Guadalupe (146)*
Anton Turkalj (205) vs. Acacio dos Santos (201)
Dennis Buzukja (146) vs. Kaleio Romero (146)
Alessandro Costa (126) vs. Andres Luna (126)
* Souza missed weight by 10 pounds and his fight has been canceled.